Detective Fiction
London, Jarrolds, December 1932.
First UK edition, second impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
J.H. Wallis (1885–1958) was an American writer who produced a number of mysteries during the 1930s, several of which appeared in UK editions through Jarrolds.
Detective Fiction
London, Jarrolds, [1944].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A mid-century "psychological house" novel, adjacent to the tradition of domestic supernatural fiction; not widely known today but of interest to collectors of mid-20th-century women's suspense writing.
Modern Literature
London, Jarrolds, [1928].
'New Edition'. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A complex and often dark tale of Yorkshire folk. In attractive Youngman Carter jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Jarrolds, 1938.
'Fifth Thousand', 3/6 edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in black to spine. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.
Hubin-listed crime thriller. Jessie Louisa Rickard (1876–1963), also known as Mrs. Victor Rickard, was an Irish novelist who wrote over forty novels. She preferred the name Mrs. Victor Rickard to avoid association with a murder victim of the same name.
Detective Fiction
London, Jarrolds, 1932.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A Christmas party on the Yorkshire moors leads to murder...
Detective Fiction
London, Jarrolds, [1927].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Advertisements, dated Spring 1927. Original black cloth stamped in red. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A walking tour of Switzerland leads to high adventure and peril for an Englishman and his new French friend.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Jarrolds, 1939.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Marthe Mathilde Cnockaert (1892–1966) was a Belgian nurse who became a spy for the United Kingdom during WWI. She was awarded the Iron Cross by the Germans for her medical service and later wrote several novels based on her experiences.
Detective Fiction
Eadie (Arlton, pseud. Leopold Leonard Eadie) The Crimson Query
London, Jarrolds, [1929].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original peach cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The elusive first edition of this splendidly jacket title. Sometimes subtitled Or How the Squid Got Besuckered, this novel introduces a villain known as the Crimson Query because he leaves, Zorro-like, a sign of his machinations. In this case, a bright red question mark. All in all, this hard-to-find detective story stands alongside the more horrific novels Eadie is known for. Eadie (1871–1938) was a barrister turned writer known for macabre thrillers and crime novels with supernatural elements. His works are now cult favourites among fans of early weird fiction.
Detective Fiction
London, Jarrolds, [1930].
First UK edition, first impression. Lightly ink-stamped 'With the publisher's compliments' to the title-page. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Excellent copy of this non-series detective fiction title by Herman Landon, creator of the Gray Phantom and Martin Dale series.
Modern Literature
London, Jarrolds, [1930].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A story of working-class woman by the popular author and travel writer, Ethel Mannin.
Modern Literature
London, Jarrolds, [1929].
First edition. 8vo. Original light blue cloth decorated and lettered in black. Dust-jacket.
Issued for Jarrolds' 'Jay Library', uncommon in the original Youngman Carter dust-jacket.
London, Jarrolds, 1957.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
A motorcycle tour through Switzerland and Italy to the continent of Africa.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Jarrolds, [1937].
First edition. 8vo. Original oatmeal cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Attractive first edition - the British Empire is in danger after a dubious disarmament policy, with the threat of war looming large on the horizon...
Detective Fiction
London, Jarrolds, [1927].First edition thus. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.Although originally published in 1909, this later edition is quite superb in the original dust-jacket.
Sexuality & Erotica
London, Jarrolds, [1932].
First edition, first printing. 8vo. 39pp. publisher's catalogue dated Spring 1932 at end. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6.
A tale of sacred & profane love, by an author best known for his science fiction, adventure stories, and historical fiction books for children. This definitely a more adult venture.
Detective Fiction
London, Jarrolds, 1935
First UK edition (Translation of Chateau en Limousin published in Paris in 1934). 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Suzanne Marguerite Tinayre was a prolific French novelist and woman of letters. This was her only crime novel and is listed in Hubin.
It concerns the celebrated case of Madame Lafarge and whether she really murdered her husband nearly a century earlier.
Very scarce with only one copy cited by COPAC in the British library.